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2026 Cutino Award Watch List Announced Recognizing 20 Men's Water Polo Athletes
11+ min ago (30+ words) The Peter J. Cutino Award, named in honor of the late Hall of Fame coach, recognizes the best player in men's and women's college water polo....
Tropical orcas make rare showing off Orange County’s coast
14+ min ago (374+ words) The black-and-white, sleek killer whales came cruising up the coast, a sight that brought excitement for the marine mammals not typically seen in local waters. The Eastern Tropical Pacific orcas were spotted early Monday about five miles off Dana Point,…...
Six Flags Permanently Closes Infamous Coaster After 2 Deaths, 100+ Traumatic Brain Injuries
11+ hour, 18+ min ago (481+ words) Credit: Six Flags Magic Mountain After months of closure and mounting legal scrutiny, Six Flags Magic Mountain has confirmed that X2, one of its most recognizable thrill rides, will not reopen. The coaster has been shut down since July, and what…...
FTC targets personalized pricing that uses your data to set prices
4+ hour, 57+ min ago (1051+ words) Jessica Lachs, DoorDash's chief analytics officer, says the company's latest "Cheeseburger Index" highlights just how dramatically restaurant prices can vary from one local economy to another. The FTC says it cannot ban the practice in every situation, but companies that…...
State AG asks federal judge to halt remodeling of planned immigration detention facility
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (787+ words) State officials have asked a judge to halt remodeling work at a proposed immigration detention facility in Hudson, east of Denver, because they say the federal government has not gone through proper environmental reviews on how 1,200 detainees would affect the…...
Garden Grove chain Kickin’ Crab fined $120,000 for misleading investors
5+ min ago (414+ words) The Kickin’ Crab restaurant chain in Garden Grove has been penalized by state regulators for misleading at least 16 franchisee investors in California. The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation said Tuesday, Sept. 29 that it ordered Kickin’ Crab to cease…...
Alix Earle's Ex-Boyfriend, Tyler Wade, Announces MLB Retirement
10+ hour, 35+ min ago (375+ words) At one time he was a key contributor to the New York Yankees and even had social media superstar Alix Earle as his girlfriend. But after going the entire 2026 MLB season without playing, Tyler Wade is ready to call it…...
7 Super Awkward Things People Asked Trump’s New Chatbot, And The Answers Are Wild
17+ min ago (26+ words) Trump's AI chatbot faces backlash for unexpected responses. See why critics are calling it 'woke' and what it's actually saying....
ISO Adds Class L for Lithium-ion Fires as NYC Sets 1 kWh ESS Threshold, Allstate Sprinkler Study Finds
7+ hour, 32+ min ago (664+ words) A new international fire classification for lithium-ion batteries arrives as New York City enforces one of the strictest energy-storage thresholds in the country and FDNY logs hundreds of battery fires a year. A New Fire Class, Seven Years in the…...
Welcoming the Stranger, One Meal at a Time
20+ min ago (436+ words) In the summer of 2022, as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began busing newly arrived migrants north to “sanctuary cities,” a wave of families — many from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, and Central America began arriving at Catholic parishes across East New York…...